Miles Davis’ ‘In Person Friday & Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk’

Miles Davis’ ‘In Person Friday & Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk’ is a live album recorded with the Quintet on April 21 & 22, 1961 at a nightclub in San Francisco and released the same year by Columbia

JazzTimesThere are three points that keep coming up when listening to this music with an ear toward evaluating its relative worth in the Davis canon. The first is that this was a fascinating period for the leader, whose solo style was in the process of redefinition. […]

All About JazzMobley spins some wonderful yarns despite some reed problems, although his melodic style is similar to Davis’ and as such there’s much less of a contrast between the two lead voices. […]

Jerry Jazz Musician. The recording itself was relatively popular (reaching #9 on the Billboard jazz chart) and was described by The New York Times as the set that was “the gold standard for straight-ahead, postwar jazz rhythm.” It was also important because it was the first album Miles intentionally recorded live with his group. […]